free fall

while the red sox continue to find new ways to struggle, my fantasy baseball team is slowly making its way to the end of the regular season. i lost my last matchup 3-5 with one tie, but somehow my chief rival lost 3-6. it's nice to stay in first place, but the omens are not good; seemingly all batters on my team are hitting at .250 or below lately, and encarnacion has been terrible since coming to the al. he'd actually been decent right before the trade, so there was reason to hope.